Black Box

by NicholasdeLange (Translator), Amos Oz (Author), N.DeLange (Translator)

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  Hardcover
  1988

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  This novel concerns itself with the frailties and variety of human nature, and looks at the ambivalences in marriage, family, fanaticism and political terror. The novel mirrors the social, political and religious complexities of life in Israel today. Amos Oz is one of Israel's foremost writers. Born in Jerusalem in l939, he is author of My Michael which was filmed, Touch the Water, Touch the Wind , The Hill of Evil Counsel , In the Land of Israel , and A Perfect Peace . He lives in Arad in Israel.

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  Paperback
  1993

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  A powerful and tragicomic blend of politics and personal destiny, Black Box records in a series of letters the wrecked marriage of Ilana and Alex. Seven years of silence following their bitter divorce is broken when Ilana writes to Alex for help over their wayward and illiterate son, Boaz, and old emotional scars are reopened.